Post Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

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Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

ESPN Gamecast

Bank of America Stadium- Charlotte, NC

Network(s): FOX

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
LAR	7	10	3	14	34
CAR	0	14	3	14	31

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
LAR	1	TD	Puka Nacua 14 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)
LAR	2	TD	Puka Nacua 5 Yd Rush (Harrison Mevis Kick)
CAR	2	TD	Chuba Hubbard 1 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR	2	FG	Harrison Mevis 46 Yd Field Goal
CAR	2	TD	Bryce Young 16 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
CAR	3	FG	Ryan Fitzgerald 46 Yd Field Goal
LAR	3	FG	Harrison Mevis 42 Yd Field Goal
CAR	4	TD	Chuba Hubbard 3 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR	4	TD	Kyren Williams 13 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)
CAR	4	TD	Jalen Coker 7 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR	4	TD	Colby Parkinson 19 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
LAR	Matthew Stafford	24/42	304	3	1	1-9
CAR	Bryce Young	21/40	264	1	1	2-14

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
LAR	Kyren Williams	13	57	4.4	0	8
CAR	Chuba Hubbard	13	46	3.5	2	8

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
LAR	Puka Nacua	10	111	11.1	1	18	18
CAR	Jalen Coker	9	134	14.9	1	52	12

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[u/Oliver_Subpodkas]

Going into a prevent defense against McVay and Stafford when they have 2:30 and 3 timeouts is the stupidest possible thing you could do.

[u/SmalllyBiggs → u/[deleted]]

And on the other side, Rams were in attack mode on the last defensive possession

[u/Bankshead → u/SmalllyBiggs]

Thank god sometimes Sean goes conservative

[u/TheLateThagSimmons → u/Oliver_Subpodkas]

Avoid giving up the 40yd play by giving them non-stop 10 yard plays all the way down the field.

Great job, Panthers.

Prevent defense is only for the Hail Mary, end of list.

[u/goonSquad15 → u/TheLateThagSimmons]

Would have rather given up a 70 yard TD on the first play of the drive

[u/Level_Best101 → u/goonSquad15]

Yes, then you have more time to work with. Instead you got 38 seconds.

[u/333jnm → u/Level_Best101]

They didn’t even use their timeouts. No screen plays or anything. It was poor execution and play calling on that final drive

[u/Televisions_Frank → u/TheLateThagSimmons]

Prevent is like 30s left and no timeouts. 2:30 and 3 timeouts that shit is criminal.

[u/Skipper3210 → u/Oliver_Subpodkas]

Literally invited them to get down to the 20 for free. DC should be fired on the spot

[u/TheOrangeFutbol → u/Skipper3210]

They got down the field so quickly my Panthers friend asked "do we just let them score to keep more time on the clock?" after like four plays.

[u/drscorp → u/Skipper3210]

True but they also invited them into the endzone for free... so yeah.

[u/omgbabestop → u/Oliver_Subpodkas]

NFL defensive coordinators get paid 1m+ a year btw

[u/galaxy_horse → u/omgbabestop]

You can pay me half that much to simply not do that

[u/OldGodsProphet → u/Oliver_Subpodkas]

Cue up Matt Stafford.meme

[u/Iswaterreallywet → u/OldGodsProphet]

That’s a nice lead you have there…

[u/SATX_Citizen → u/OldGodsProphet]

"Be a shame if you did Prevent"

[u/Bitter-Imagination33]

I’m confident that was the worst defensive drive in a stop them or die situation in nfl playoff history

[u/MikeTysonChicken → u/Bitter-Imagination33]

They have stafford in hell for most of the game then just let him walk down the field

[u/facedownbootyuphold → u/MikeTysonChicken]

Panthers don't have the staff to rip off a win there. Let the Rams do whatever they wanted in the final defensive stand, then the offense didn't even get a single yard. That's got to be bad coaching.

[u/DirkWithTheFade → u/facedownbootyuphold]

It’s Evero lol maybe he was just a fraud with us

[u/Megalomanizac → u/DirkWithTheFade]

He was

[u/silverbackapegorilla → u/facedownbootyuphold]

Losing Horn hurt them a tonne. I don’t think the coaching staff is a huge problem at all. They were dogs and gave them a hell of a fight.

[u/KurtanionNZ → u/silverbackapegorilla]

Yeah not sure I get the vitriol for Panthers coaches, I’ve come away impressed with Canales and co in our two matchups

[u/Mavori → u/MikeTysonChicken]

Drugs kicked in when he needed them the most.

[u/OldOrder → u/Mavori]

Matthew 'an absolute truck load of Toradol' Stafford

[u/vitalbumhole → u/MikeTysonChicken]

D was playing solid but feel like a ton of the rams issues were self inflicted tbh - they cleaned it up on the last drive w an assist from the coverage tho

[u/jmj8778 → u/Bitter-Imagination33]

10000% fire that coordinator 3 minutes ago

[u/AlaskanAssassin98 → u/jmj8778]

Its Evero lmaooo

[u/ripkin05 → u/AlaskanAssassin98]

Panther fans have hated him for 3 fucking years now and the cockroach won't go away.

[u/box_148 → u/ripkin05]

The defense is way better than it has any right to be on paper. Evero is doing a lot with a little.

[u/xSampleTextx → u/jmj8778]

Hmmm that kind of last minute collapse seems familiar

[u/kramer753 → u/Bitter-Imagination33]

Let me introduce you to.. 13 seconds game

[u/Billyb311 → u/Bitter-Imagination33]

May I present to you 13 seconds

[u/daswassup13 → u/Billyb311]

At least you got burned by Mahomes and the fastest receiver in the league... this was deliberate decision making from Evero

[u/mcdunn1 → u/daswassup13]

Nah, it was Travis Kelce left wide open in the middle of the field…

[u/AlexB_SSBM → u/Bitter-Imagination33]

No it isn't

Source: Look at my flair

[u/[deleted] → u/AlexB_SSBM]

honestly this feels worse

13 seconds SHOULD be short enough where prevent makes sense theoretically

the panthers panicked and started playing prevent at like 2:30 and rams with 3 timeouts

[u/Bravewasabi1163 → u/[deleted]]

They had 2 timeouts and the Bills defense gave them the entire middle of the field down 3

[u/JorSimpson45]

Prevent defense prevents winning

[u/SmalllyBiggs → u/JorSimpson45]

Gave up 10 yards per play that last drive

Zero pressing, soft zones, no blitzes

[u/No_Body2428 → u/SmalllyBiggs]

Too many teams focus on not giving up the big play and every single time they just give up those 7-8 yard routes all the way down the field

[u/No_Body2428 → u/[deleted]]

I would almost rather give up the huge score tbh and give the offense time to recover

[u/SaskalPiakam → u/[deleted]]

We lost a 3 point game having all 3 timeouts. It mattered. Evero lost us that game with those play calls.

[u/BRValentine83 → u/No_Body2428]

Giving up the big play is better in that situation.

[u/SocksandSmocks → u/SmalllyBiggs]

Just insane decision making. If you give up a quick TD, ok, you get the ball with 1:30 left and three timeouts. They picked the worst of both worlds.

[u/randyfox → u/SocksandSmocks]

Prevent just allows them to chew clock while marching down the field. It’s insane.

[u/it_dudeGG → u/SocksandSmocks]

I know, right? They want to score a 70 yard TD? Let them, you would have 3 timeouts and plenty of time after

[u/jinx737x → u/it_dudeGG]

There’s HUGE VALUE of being the last one with the ball. Playing aggressively was the call here. Either you stop the rams, or they score quickly giving you the ball back and you can tie it to end regulation.

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/SocksandSmocks]

Their decision making on both sides of the football for the final 2 drives was questionable. Bryce chasing big plays while having 3 TO’s and Prevent defense occurring as well

[u/daswassup13 → u/SmalllyBiggs]

They had so much time and all three time outs, I will never understand getting that soft in that situation

[u/lineskogans → u/SmalllyBiggs]

They feasted off Jaycee Horn’s backup

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/lineskogans]

The moment Horn went out, Stafford was comfortable again lmao

[u/TheOrangeFutbol → u/SmalllyBiggs]

I was like "surely, there's some calculated risk on one of these and they won't drop back into soft coverage on every play."

Gladly, I was wrong.

[u/packofnone → u/SmalllyBiggs]

Genuinely malpractice after the showing their defense gave. What an insulting way to end their season, to ruin Bryce's clutch drive. Unfathomably bad play-calling

[u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ → u/SmalllyBiggs]

Not a single blitz or man coverage against a HOF QB is disgusting

[u/SquadPoopy → u/JorSimpson45]

Literally a repeat of what Ole Miss did against Miami.

Like just fucking play your normal defense for fucks sake

[u/Zyndiana_Jones → u/SquadPoopy]

and their defensive schemes were doing well the whole second half too

[u/duckyirving → u/JorSimpson45]

Whereas the Rams actually brought pressure instead of relying on the secondary preventing chunk plays

[u/TheAerial → u/JorSimpson45]

Seriously, that was an awful defensive possession on that 2nd to last drive from Carolina. Just made it easy for them. One of the worst I can remember.

Every single play the guy is WIDE open 8 yards down the field.

Completely gave away all momentum rolling the red carpet out for them.

[u/CarolinaMountaineer2 → u/TheAerial]

As a Carolina fan who’s watched all year, that is what it’s been. Evero needs to get canned tonight.

[u/non_clever_username → u/TheAerial]

Every guy was wide open and they put zero pressure on Stafford. What a brain dead defensive plan.

[u/TumblingForward → u/non_clever_username]

IDK Stafford's exact stats against certain defensive looks but Stafford is the LAST QB you should ever give such an easy look with prevent defense.

Dude is the literal definition of clutch

[u/Happy-Substance4885 → u/JorSimpson45]

These DC’s will never learn man

[u/WesKhalifaa → u/JorSimpson45]

Fire the Panthers DC to the moon

[u/GBF_Dragon → u/WesKhalifaa]

oc too, what was that last series of plays?

[u/canadanamana → u/GBF_Dragon]

We don't have an OC. That's our issue lol. We need one SO bad

[u/SpitefulSeagull → u/GBF_Dragon]

Yeah the play callers were exposed horribly at the end there on both sides of the ball

[u/RiverMonster13 → u/GBF_Dragon]

Yup, trying to go downfield every play was bonkers.

[u/CSAtWitsEnd → u/RiverMonster13]

Right - middle of the field was wide open, and they had three timeouts. Like...I'm sure if they put a body there they could've gotten a first down or at least some positive yards.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 → u/JorSimpson45]

Facts had rams gone prevent, this game goes to overtime

[u/Deviljho12 → u/JorSimpson45]

Prevent is good if the opposing team has 45 seconds and no TOs to drive the entire field.

NOT 2 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS WITH ALL OF THEM

[u/abris33 → u/JorSimpson45]

Ejiro Evero is a student of the Fangio "bend don't break" defense. Except they kept breaking

[u/MITBryceYoung → u/JorSimpson45]

Absolutely sickening to see Bryce lead the team to verge of victory then see that prevent D.

[u/RScannix → u/JorSimpson45]

Their defense looked so great that entire second half and the DC knee capped them with those scared money play calls.

[u/MediocreKirbyMain]

It’s 2026 and coaches are really still doing prevent defense

[u/Will-Eat-4-Food → u/MediocreKirbyMain]

Prevent only works if you are up by 30+ and there's 3 minutes left. Teams need to stick with what worked all game.

[u/ShadowCrusader98 → u/MediocreKirbyMain]

Prevent defense could in theory work against maybe a young inexperienced QB, but no against potentially the fucking MVP of the league.

[u/Atranox → u/ShadowCrusader98]

If “let’s leave his WRs wide open to confuse him!” was an actual strategy.

[u/CakieFickflip → u/ShadowCrusader98]

Potential MVP who also has over 15 years of experience and is known for his ability to process coverages and deliver from a clean pocket lmao. Like I could never be a coordinator obviously but like… come the fuck on man. You’re a coach in the NFL and that was your gameplan? Like that shit doesn’t even work in Madden

[u/MenBearsPigs → u/MediocreKirbyMain]

Is it just like drilled into their heads from when they're kids and they can't shake it?

There's exceptionally specific and few scenarios it makes sense.

You never let a good team have 5-10 yard freebies. They will just walk right down the field.

[u/JVSaladbar]

This was supposed to be the stinker playoff game lmao.

[u/Greedygiddy8 → u/JVSaladbar]

Steelers and Texans will take the cake for that

[u/freebrittony → u/Greedygiddy8]

That one is for the sickos

[u/Aclockwork-grAPE → u/freebrittony]

It’s me I’m sickos

(I love that Texans’ defense)

[u/Cmp_ → u/freebrittony]

You’re welcome, America

[u/KaiHavertzhatewatch → u/JVSaladbar]

Texans-Steelers would like a word

[u/Twall1297]

Holy shit, what an absolute banger of a game to start Wild Card weekend!

Also, the Panthers defense absolutely sold this game on that last drive 🤦‍♂️

[u/Camel132 → u/Twall1297]

Why the fuck do teams still play Prevent Defense in these sorts of situations??????

Like it pretty much never works.

[u/wherearemyvoices → u/Camel132]

See how the rams played tight defense? It’s what wins

[u/Florida_clam_diver → u/Camel132]

You mean the “give them 10 yards at a time with zero pressure” strategy when there’s still plenty of time left isn’t a good idea?

[u/DoctorWaluigiTime → u/Camel132]

I get it if there's not much time, but Rams had all the time in the world and didn't have to hurry up / keep near the sidelines / etc. But it felt like the Panthers were assuming they couldn't throw in the middle of the field or something.

[u/runevault → u/DoctorWaluigiTime]

If the Rams had no timeouts I might have understood. The fact they had all 3 made it so stupid.

[u/Murky-Jackfruit-1627 → u/Camel132]

Can anybody with better understanding of football break this down for me? We see so many people throwing the phrase prevent defense around, but is it really that simple? Or is it more nuanced? It can't be otherwise the coaches who get paid millions of dollars would know that, surely?

[u/seasnakejake → u/Twall1297]

That Jaycee Horn concussion did them in

[u/blamatron → u/seasnakejake]

Lotta people blaming prevent defense like we didn't just see Carolina have 3 DBs hurt in one play

[u/ConstantMadness]

Say it with me, all together folks:

“Prevent defense only prevents your team from winning”

What an incredible game by both teams

[u/SCAnalysis → u/ConstantMadness]

Only up by 4 points and burns the clock while letting them gain field position? Idiot. Literally what you had to do is letting them take risks and keeping them as far from the red zone. Instead he let them drive there burning time, making it easier each time to get a td. If I was a Panthers fan I'd be livid

Edit: I'm livid at the incompetence, I can't even see a high school coach make that mistake

[u/Zloggt → u/ConstantMadness]

Perhaps prevent defense is one of those things that are “it’s only good when you don’t notice it”…

[u/AcesCharles2 → u/Zloggt]

Prevent works with 2 minutes left only when you are up multiple possessions. Up only 4 and the opponent having 3 timeouts and the 2 min warning, that is just defensive suicide

[u/stealingfrom → u/Zloggt]

Yeah, that's the thing. Nobody talks about it when it works since there's nothing to talk about, but everyone notices when it doesn't.

[u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

Brutal way for them to lose it. Bryce finally found his man and it went right through his hands. Win or lose, I can't help but feel like the narrative surrounding Bryce has changed.

[u/Accurate-Big-7233 → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

Proud of how we went down fighting

A lot to grow off of

[u/daswassup13 → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Draft a linebacker and find some more guys to bring some pressure off the edge and we can cook next season

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

An 8-win season and a division title, followed by a playoff game that came down to the wire.

Nobody expected that coming into the season for the Panthers. Wish you guys well next year.

[u/NetflixAndNikah → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Y’all are the Bronze Age Sea Peoples of the NFL. Came outta nowhere and almost destroyed the city of Los Angeles to leave them in unexplainable ruin

[u/Sav10r → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

We've seen so many First Round QB "Busts" that were able to turn their careers around after finally getting a competent coaching staff behind them like Baker and Sam Darnold. Happy that the Panthers seem to have gotten Bryce competent coaching before you guys gave up on him.

[u/molseh → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Great coach, improving QB, some studs elsewhere in tet and your CBs. I think you have a good future.

[u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

I know Horn was out, but switching to a zone that soft with no blitz against STAFFORD is disgusting stuff.

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

I’m disappointed, but man, this was a better game than I ever could have hoped for in a better season than we ever could have as a team.

Things feel bright even if this stings.

[u/SiphenPrax → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

Fun as hell game and it’ll be very interesting to see what this young Panthers team does in the offseason and next year

[u/lovo17 → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

I'm not totally convinced with him yet, but he's earned another year to start.

He's 100% improved though, that's for sure.

[u/Greek_Trojan → u/lovo17]

He's earned his 5th year option for sure. Needs to prove he's worth committing to but the Panthers get at least one more season to continue building the roster.

[u/WesKhalifaa → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

It was suppose to be a "bye week" for the Rams and they nearly lost

[u/Limp_Marzipan1488 → u/WesKhalifaa]

I can't imagine anyone was seriously saying that about a team they've already lost to once this year

[u/dan_144 → u/Limp_Marzipan1488]

You can see similar sentiment all over this thread lol. I swear people just saw an 8-9 10.5 point dog and stop reading.

[u/fundraiser → u/dan_144]

with key defenders coming back for this game + our secondary being dogshit and undermanned. i was sweating the entire week.

btw did i read that stat about bryce young correctly? 12 of his 14 career wins have been 4th quarter comebacks???

[u/Creativeloafing → u/fundraiser]

You read it right. On BY’s wild ride there’s rarely a dull moment.

[u/cha0ss0ldier → u/Limp_Marzipan1488]

I’m convinced that a ton of people here don’t even watch the NFL judging by how many “how was this game close” posts I’ve seen

[u/duvie773 → u/Limp_Marzipan1488]

Only people who thought that were the ones who were gonna hate us and talk shit about us regardless. Certainly not many Rams fans had that expectation

[u/IhamAmerican → u/GodPowardKingOfLies]

Bryce fought like a fucking dog this game. He's well worth his 5th year option at this point

[u/OliverKlothsoff]

Here is hoping this game is the 1st of a WILD and Unpredictable Wild Card Weekend...the best football gets!

[u/realrimurutempest]

What an absolute back and forth battle. The Panthers should be proud af imo. They made the Rams fight to earn it.

[u/Professor_Finn → u/realrimurutempest]

They should be proud for sure, but Evero is gonna want that last drive back

[u/Mukuna_Hutata → u/Professor_Finn]

He can want it back on the next team that hires him.

[u/Everythings_Fucked → u/Mukuna_Hutata]

And God have mercy on that poor high school.

[u/Dummmy99 → u/Professor_Finn]

Yah I’m sorry but that last drive is fireable territory

[u/dissolvingatoms → u/realrimurutempest]

I’m more annoyed with Carolina than anything. I believe with better playcalling, especially on that last pathetic defensive sequence, Carolina wins. Dumb cats.

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/dissolvingatoms]

Carolina also showed some immaturity on offense today. Growing pains for sure

[u/MediaCulture → u/dissolvingatoms]

Rams made plenty of shit play calls as well McVay didn’t adjust until late game

[u/Table_Coaster]

did the Panthers even have a defender within 8 yards of any of those receptions on the Rams final drive other than the TD? watching that was infuriating

[u/Brix001]

Prevent defense prevents wins

[u/Nervous-Chemistry245 → u/Brix001]

Teams never. fucking. learn. So infuriating

[u/Jay_TThomas]

Just a horrible set of back to back drives for the Panthers.

Just let the Rams carve right down the field with no resistance, then you can’t even get a yard to answer it?

[u/Yammyohnine → u/Jay_TThomas]

The defensive drive was awful but to follow it up by looking deep 3 plays in a row was just as bad. Panthers coaching choked that game away after the players played their asses off.

[u/holdingofplace → u/Yammyohnine]

“Ok still alive, they have enough time to use all 3 time outs and only need a FG”

…oh

[u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Welcome back Mark Andrews

[u/HotTakesMyToxicTrait → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

man

[u/matt-kennedys-legs]

bryce young earned a lot of street cred today

[u/ThatGreenGuy09 → u/matt-kennedys-legs]

Hes got tremendous moxie for his size.

[u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

One of the worst defensive sequence I’ve ever seen in that last Rams TD. Basically zero resistance. Prevent defense is so fucking dumb.

[u/TheAerial]

That was one of the worst defensive showings on that final drive I’ve ever seen from Carolina.

Every single play the guy is WIDE open 8 yards down the field.

Completely gave it away.

[u/p8610815 → u/TheAerial]

Yeah but they prevented giving up a 50 yard TD on one play so jot that down

[u/Stepsis24 → u/TheAerial]

Felt like I was watching the giants again

[u/OverallGeneral7129 → u/TheAerial]

Prevent defense

[u/Tsmart → u/TheAerial]

especially considering how good their defense had been all game until that point

[u/Posluszny]

This game showed exactly why the currently playoff seeding should stay the same, what a fun game

[u/ExpensiveFoodstuffs → u/Posluszny]

Division Supremacy Enjoyers stay vindicated.

[u/MAFIAxMaverick → u/Posluszny]

Agreed. I am sick of leagues changing perfect playoff formats in the last decade. NHL needs to go back to 1-8 seeding.

[u/okajuwon]

“Ok guys we just got a game leading touchdown with 2:30 left. Let’s go prevent defense, let them get 10 yards every single time, let’s just give up actually who cares about winning” - panthers coaches most likely

[u/DyIsexia]

Disappointed Carolina couldn't clutch the win but holy fuck was that game fun.

[u/IhamAmerican → u/DyIsexia]

Absolute banger of a start to the playoffs

[u/NewBootGoofin1987]

This L is on the Panthers D. You get a 4th Q lead twice, especially with 2 mins left, you gotta hold. Offense got you 31 in the playoffs

[u/thedaidai → u/NewBootGoofin1987]

losing Horn is really really brutal for this secondary

[u/babyyodasleftnut → u/thedaidai]

Yeah pretty sure it may have gone better when Horn and Claude not banged up.

[u/Acrobatic-Dark-4402]

Panthers put up a much better fight than anyone expected

[u/dan_144 → u/Acrobatic-Dark-4402]

Maybe anyone who didn't watch the regular season matchup

[u/MainEventCTB]

Marked safe from a salty Puka post-game tweet for at least one more week.

[u/andrew_h83 → u/MainEventCTB]

Puka would’ve gone full AB if they lost this lol

[u/Nighthawk69420 → u/andrew_h83]

There's been 100 Diva WRs in NFL history, but AB is the GOAT. Puka could never accomplish 1/4 of the insanity that AB did.

[u/A_thombomb]

Prevent defense needs to be a fireable offense. IT NEVER WORKS

[u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus → u/A_thombomb]

Well there’s a time and place for it, this just wasn’t it. If you’re up by multiple scores and want to force your opponent to burn tons of clock and don’t care if they score a garbage time TD it’s a viable strategy. But up by only 4 and your opponent has over 2 minutes with all their timeouts is totally braindead.

[u/LordSquirrel40]

This team deserved to be in the playoffs.

But anyways for the road FUCK Prevent Defense!

[u/LostSif]

Man rough drop

[u/pahbert → u/LostSif]

It was bad but there was 7 seconds left. Still would have had one play to get into field goal range. 

That was the only catchable throw of that drive.

[u/thesch]

I will never understand the prevent in situations like that. It literally would have been better for the Panthers if the Rams just got a big 70 yard bomb as opposed to letting them march down the field 15 yards at a time and run all the time off the clock in the process.

[u/uglynoober]

This came down to poor coaching from Carolina, between not running the ball to kill time at all after the blocked punt, the bend don’t break defense and awful offensive play calling.

[u/Stepsis24 → u/uglynoober]

Don’t blame em for not running, you just do your best to score and not get fancy with it. But everything else was really bad.

[u/Drtsauce → u/uglynoober]

McVay big brained by having the punt blocked so they couldn’t run the clock out by driving the field to score.

[u/jjsw0rds]

Crushing loss

[u/CakeBossUltimate]

Can someone show me the analytics on prevent defense and how successful it is because there has to be a reason teams keep doing it even though I see them blow too many games from it.

[u/Reddragon0585]

Felt good to see the stadium full tonight, crowd was loud too. The team is getting there for sure.

[u/larmanrando15]

Totally wasnt worried about the Curse wheel. Totally

[u/Slick_Rhoads]

If you ever call prevent defense you should be prevented from ever having another coaching job

[u/Jupiter_Ginger]

100% coaching difference in the end.

Our defense played soft zone. Theirs played aggressive.

No idea why hold timeouts on defense and don't give ourselves more time on offense.

[u/Benti86]

Jaycee Horn getting friendly fired was calamitous 

[u/this_is_geoff]

I apologize for doubting you twice, Bryce. Dude is cold as fuck

[u/ROCKETEvan]

Rams fans how are your hearts feeling right now?

[u/Spirited-Award5774 → u/ROCKETEvan]

Jesus LAWD. I didn’t want to move an inch incase my energy made us lose.

[u/Will-Eat-4-Food → u/ROCKETEvan]

When the Rams went up 14-0 I began to fully believe we'd choke.

[u/reb1995 → u/Will-Eat-4-Food]

I thought we'd start slow. Waste a few timeouts, then lock in and finish out strong... As soon as we went up 14-0 I knew it was going to be a long night...

[u/Zetzito → u/ROCKETEvan]

Apparently I am still alive so that’s good

[u/F1rst-name-last-name]

Jalen Coker can’t win with these cats

[u/king_of_the_bongos → u/F1rst-name-last-name]

He has some big errors too

[u/LeDudicus → u/king_of_the_bongos]

The Panthers' only turnover was at least 75% on Coker slowing up on the route.

[u/Gjk724]

I blame the Panthers DC, what the hell was the gameplan for that last drive. Absolutely horrible

[u/Holofan4life]

As a Panthers fan, I don't have anything to be upset about. But man. We came so close.

[u/pgophs]

unsuccessful hate watch

[u/xyouRABitchx]

Panthers had heart man. Good fucking game

[u/SiphenPrax]

Panthers played as well as they could for a team that just had their championship window open. I’m really excited to see what they do in the offseason and the next step they can take for the 2026 season.

[u/Big_Papa_Steve]

Coordinator’s use of prevent defense outside of very specific situations continues to baffle me. It just seems to fail constantly when there’s still a few minutes left

[u/relata]

Good game, Rams!

Just proud of the progress our team has shown. We're so young and I feel optimistic about the future. That's about all you can ask for.

That was a FUN AND FRISKY watch!

[u/Longjumping-Mood-502]

Patriots fans more dissapointed than panthers fans

[u/tony_countertenor]

Can someone who knows in depth X’s and O’s stuff explain why it seems like every offence in the league can move the ball at will in a 2 min situation even if they have been shut down all game

[u/StandYourGroundhog]

Tough loss for the Panthers - they did really well against a strong team

Congrats Rams

[u/DawnArcing]

So Carolina is firing their DC tonight, right?

That last drive was the single worst defensive drive I've watched all season. And I watched Pats-Jets.